The front façade features a three-story, tetra-style Ionic order portico.

Next to the courthouse is a controversial 1910 Civil War Memorial, which consists of a granite shaft topped by the figure of a Confederate soldier.

Although appearing to be on the same property as the courthouse, the Confederate monument is not owned by Roanoke College.

As part of the sale, Roanoke County retained the deed to this separate plot of land.

[5] This article about a property in Salem, Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.